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Monthly Archives: June 2011
19th Annual Delaware Bay Day – June 11th
The good folks at the Bayshore Discovery Project say that ”Delaware ‘Bay Day’ is the largest FREE festival in the tri-state region.” I have no way of knowing whether that is literally true, but nevertheless it sounds like great fun. ‘Bay Day’ will … Continue reading
“History Helping History” in the Rebuilding the Whaler Charles W. Morgan
Rebuilding a historic ship has got to be part craftsmanship, part engineering, and part treasure hunt. In the case of the oldest surviving sailing whale ship, the Charles W. Morgan at Mystic, CT, one of the challenges has been finding good quality shipbuilding timber. … Continue reading
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Postal Service Honors U.S. Merchant Marine with New Stamps
The US Postal Service is issuing a set of four stamps honoring the US Merchant Marine throughout its history. The four stamps feature a clipper ship modeled after the Sovereign of the Seas, launched in 1852; an auxiliary steamship, based on the ships of the Collins Line; a … Continue reading
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Inside the Ghost Ships of the Mothball Fleet
Photographer Scott Haefner and a few of his friends snuck aboard ships in the Suisan Bay Reserve Fleet near San Francisco, CA and photographed and documented the rusting fleet. Fascinating images. The Mail Online ran an article today about his work. For more images, see Haefner’s site: … Continue reading
Sisters Under Sail Founder, Dawn Santamaria, awarded Leadership in Women’s Sailing Award
On a hazy summer’s morning I happened to see the topsail schooner Unicorn leave the gas dock at Liberty Landing marina on the Hudson River. The Unicorn is a particularly lovely topsail schooner converted from a North Sea fishing … Continue reading
Divers of the Lost Ark?
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Invincible was sold to Turkish scrappers last February. Now bids are open for the sale of HMS Ark Royal. While scrapping seems a likely outcome the tender allows that “alternatively the vessel may be purchased for re-use/refurbishment for non-warlike purposes.” … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft carrier, HMS Ark Royal, HMS Invincible, Royal Navy
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32nd Annual Sea Music Festival at Mystic Seaport
The 32nd Annual Sea Music Festival at Mystic Seaport starts this Thursday night, June 9th, and runs through Sunday, June 12th. More than 5,000 people gather each year to hear Mystic Seaport’s Chantey Staff along with a solid core of performers … Continue reading
APL ‘Cold-irons’ Ships in Oakland to Cut Pollution
Traditionally, ships in port use auxiliary generators to power shipboard electrical systems. APL, the Singapore based container lines, is now going “cold-iron,” shutting down the auxiliary generators on their ships docking when calling on Oakland, California and using shore power instead to meet the their … Continue reading
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Tagged APL, California, cold-iron, container ships, Oakland
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A Roman Shipwreck with a Fish Tank ?
Archeologists cannot say for sure what the lead pipe which penetrates the hull of a nearly 2,000 years old wreck of a Roman ship off the town of Grado in Italy was used for. Some think that it was a supply … Continue reading
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Tagged fish tank, Grado, Italy, Roman ship
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Day of the Seafarer – Nightmare on the Sahmo Dream
June 25th of this year is being celebrated as the “Day of the Seafarer.” We will be joining with other bloggers and journalists from around the world to say ”thank you” to the world’s 1.5 million seafarers for the invaluable and often overlooked contribution that … Continue reading
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Tagged Day of the Seafarer, Dubai, Sahmo Dream, Samho Crown, Samho Jewelry, Samho Shipping, VLCC
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Halfway Around the World, Powered Only by the Sun – Solar Yacht Turanor Arrives in Brisbane
The 31-meter Turanor, a catamaran yacht fitted with 536 square meters of photovoltaic panels, has successfully sailed halfway around the world, from Monaco to Brisbane, Australia, powered solely by the sun. The Turanor‘s captain and crew are half way toward … Continue reading
Will Midwest Flooding Create Gulf Dead Zone?
Dead zones are areas where there is too little oxygen in the water to support fish and other aquatic life. They are usually caused by fertilizers and/or other organic materials causing algae blooms which deplete the oxygen in the water. Dead zones in the … Continue reading
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Raising the Anchor from Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge
Until I saw the video I didn’t grasp just how large this anchor is. It is believed to be from the pirate Blackbeard‘s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, which ran aground in 1718 while trying to enter Old Topsail Inlet in North Carolina, now known … Continue reading
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Tagged anchor, Beaufort Inlet, Blackbeard, North Carolina, pirate, Queen Anne's Revenge
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